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THE MORNING RANT: With the End of Biden-Era Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, the Era of CAFE Credit Trading is Also Over
—Buck Throckmorton
The Trump administration continues to restore freedom to the American automobile market. Under authorization established by Congress, Transportation Secretary Duffy just released the “Freedom Means Affordable Cars” initiative, which reversed Biden’s corporate average fuel mandates ("CAFE"). It also eliminated regulations that created market distortions that were costly to consumers. Those former regulations were all in service to the climate hoax, of course.
Mr. CBD discussed this news earlier this week, pointing out that the 50-mpg goal of Biden/Buttigieg was unachievable, and that its un-achievability was in service to the left’s war on the legacy auto industry and to consumer choice.
I would like to point out two other major consumer-friendly results of this initiative:
1) Re-setting of Vehicle Classification: Current CAFÉ regulations have counter-intuitively incentivized auto manufacturers to add weight and off-road functionality to cars so as to classify them as “light trucks” and evade the CAFÉ regulation for cars (which are stricter than for light trucks.) At the same time, there has also been an incentive to build larger and heavier “light trucks,” because the bigger the vehicle’s footprints, the lower the CAFÉ requirement for the “truck.”
Aside from this creating incentives that were contrary to the goal of CAFE, it also made cars more expensive and less fuel efficient than they would be if consumers could just buy whatever car or truck they wanted.
2) Elimination of CAFE Credit Trading: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") created a market for the trading of CAFE credits, which has served the purpose of awarding EV manufacturers (primarily Tesla and Rivian) credits they can sell to other manufacturers that could not achieve the mandated CAFE fleet requirement.
This is a huge consumer-friendly development. Ford spent $800 million on CAFE trading credits in 2025 alone, which amounted to about $400 per new gasoline-powered car it sold. To put this another way, if you bought a new Ford Explorer in 2025, about $400 of your purchase price was remitted by Ford to Tesla to buy CAFE credits. The same applies if you bought a car from other mass-market auto companies such as Toyota, Honda, and Dodge.
While I am a huge fan of Elon Musk for buying Twitter and restoring free speech - as well as for Starlink, DOGE, SpaceX, etc - I resent having been forced to contribute to Tesla’s revenue stream when I’ve purchased new gasoline-powered cars.
Tesla Made $1.99 billion by selling regulatory credits in 2025 (some of this was from Europe and elsewhere, and this also includes other credit markets such as California’s ZEV credits.) This all went to the bottom line. Tesla’s net income in 2025 was $3.8 billion. It would have been below $2 billion without the sale of those regulatory credits.
Rivian’s staggering losses would have been even worse if it weren’t for the money that was paid by legacy auto manufacturers to Rivian for its CAFE credits. Over the past two years, Rivian has received over $500 million from the sale of regulatory credits.
In summary, Secretary Duffy states that this regulatory relief will:
• Give automakers the flexibility to manufacturer cars the public wants to buy.
• Reduce the average cost of a new vehicle by $1,300 for American families.
• Save the American people $138 billion over the next five years.
• Prevent more than 300,000 serious injuries and save 1,900 lives by encouraging new car sales.
A north Denver home caught fire on Friday after an electric vehicle battery sparked in the garage, prompting firefighters to warn people to properly care for those batteries so the same doesn’t happen in their homes.
Deputy Fire Chief James Wood said a mom and daughter were inside when it began. “The daughter smelled smoke; she sent her outside. When they came out, they noticed that the garage was on fire,” Wood said. He said they believe the fire started near the hood of an electric vehicle in the garage. It then spread up the garage wall into the attic and ran the length of the house.
1) McClatchy’s Miami Herald slashed headcount in the local newsroom in favor of wire services and national news & politics.
2) The new owner of Chattanooga’s newspaper rid it of layers of left-wing editors as well as its NY Times wire service subscription, in favor of expanded local news coverage.
There have been several more major newspaper reorganizations in recent weeks, but one is noteworthy for going in an entirely different direction. The money-losing Chattanooga Times Free Press was just bought by Craig Fuller. Fuller is the publisher of Freightwaves and several other successful publications that focus on business, transportation, and leisure activities. He quickly dismissed most of the rabidly left-wing editors at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, shrank the editorial page, fired the New York Times wire service, and committed to putting only local news on the front page. He also hired new writers to expand coverage of sports and local business. National news (from the AP only) is now relegated to an inside page.
This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest at The American Spectator, “How to Actually Save Local Newspapers,” contrasts the new owner of Chattanooga’s paper refocusing on local while the Miami Herald guts local reporting in favor of national news & politics.@FreightAlley@rayadverbhttps://t.co/8wTp33C6CD
Good morning kids. I know I'm a day late, but October already. Meh, on a personal note, 10 Years already! Wow. I want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude to all of you and of course Ace for allowing me the incredible opportunity to do this column. And a nod to all the cobs for their support and collegiality over the years! It's been rewarding and challenging, especially the past two years as I have been dealing with health issues, brain cancer which unfortunately despite surgery as well as chemo and radiation, are ongoing as I have had a couple of recurrences which I am still dealing with and given the nature of this disease, barring some miracle cure or treatment regimen, I will be facing for the rest of my life, however long the good Lord grants me. So with that I thank you all for your prayers and good wishes, so enough of that and let us get to the news of the day.
On Wednesday night, I visited the University of Texas at Austin to address students there — and so did notorious Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
I, a female survivor of Hamas’ brutal terror, came to share my story at the campus’ Chabad student center.
On an auditorium stage half a mile away stood Piker, who once said about the day I was shot and taken: “It doesn’t matter if rapes f–king happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much.”
This man sold out the 460-seat venue where he spoke within 20 minutes, and another 2,500 people joined a waiting list.
He isn’t a fringe character on college campuses; he’s increasingly becoming the mainstream on campus. But his enthusiastic fans are the people who most need to hear my story.
The list of Muslim suicide pilots also includes EgyptAir Flight 990 in 1999 where the first officer kept shouting “Allahu Akbar” while downing the plane as well as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the subject of endless fantastic conspiracy theories ranging from UFOs to black holes, but that was actually likely the work of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah.
After the FlyDubai incident in which an Omani Muslim pilot stabbed an Indian pilot in a reported attempt to hijack Flight FZ1073 bound for Israel and possibly crash the plane, the list of Muslim pilots who tried to bring down airplanes is up to 4. And that means that 44% of pilots who deliberately crashed tried to crash planes were Muslim.
Who do you think is the most extreme socialist candidate running in these 2026 midterms?” a participant named Barry M. asked. . . “This guy’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He goes on Fox News, and he deflects every question: ‘Did I want America to suffer during 9/11? Well, people can’t afford groceries.’ That isn’t the question that you were just asked. This guy is the most dangerous one,” the senator continued.
“Well, that’s like who’s the tallest midget? Because man, oh, man. That’s a tough one. I’d have to say just on sheer jihadist credentials, it would have to be Abdul El-Sayed,” (Sen. Bernie)Moreno replied. .. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican Mike Rogers, has claimed he is “not a socialist,” although he is running on a platform backed by socialist lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). He has also campaigned with far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who claimed America “deserved 9/11.”
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike — who is now in the hospital after a botched execution — was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.
Couldn't they find women who could get the job done?! I understand this Lindsey Clancy was available?! Well, that or find a jihadist with a rusty hacksaw, we're overrun with them!!! And jeez, what are they using for lethal injections, St. Joseph's aspirin? Um, I'm no chemist but I understand something called potassium cyanide might've worked a tad better in stopping this fiend's black heart.
Anyway, God bless you all and on that and all the other depressing notes I bid you to have a great weekend!
Why conservatism must roll the warning against totalitarianism up every new hill. (way past time to roll the heads of totalitarians - jjs) Rolling The Stone
The man is the sixth arrest following a bomb alert at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police quickly released those five men on bail, prompting public confusion about a case where little is certain and apparently contradictory developments have characterised what little information has been made available to the public so far. Iranian Citizen Arrested in Relation to Alleged Terror Plot at RAF Fairford U.S. Air Base
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
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On an auditorium stage half a mile away stood Piker, who once said about the day I was shot and taken: “It doesn’t matter if rapes f–king happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much.” . . .He isn’t a fringe character on college campuses; he’s increasingly becoming the mainstream on campus. I was a Hamas hostage — and I won’t cower from Hasan Piker’s hate
...why every president who fills one eventually runs into the same hard truth: once a justice takes the oath, the president has no control over how that justice votes. Trump Regrets Nominating All of His Justices. Should He?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are seeking court action to have their credentials reinstated, alleging the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order — including prohibiting CNN from White House pool duties. CNN Again Dropped from White House Pool Coverage
President Trump’s disputes with the media may seem contentious, but are no different from those of Lincoln and Democrats like FDR, LBJ, and Obama. The President Versus The Mainstream Media
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
For those Jews questioning their allegiance to Judaism in these trying times, this is a reminder of the myriad blessings that flow from fealty to the faith. Why Be Jewish In A Time Of Rampant Antisemitism?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Yes, filling up the tank still costs too much, and spot grocery prices such as beef remain painful — but core inflation hit just 3% in August, so it’s still coming down from the Bidenflation stratosphere, albeit not as fast as we’d all like. Meanwhile, the latest federal data shows the economy accelerating, thanks to surging corporate investment and robust consumer spending. Trump must level with the public to face down Dem fearmongering as the economy gains ground
When it comes to gas prices, listen, people are understandably unhappy about gas prices, but it’s worth putting it into context. When Joe Biden was president, gas prices were five bucks a gallon. When Trump came into office, they dropped nationally to $3 a gallon. And today, they’re about $4 a gallon in the national average.” Cruz: Same Democrats Campaigning on Gas Prices ‘Said They Wanted $10-a-Gallon Gas’
The Essential Services Restoration Act (Measure ER) overwhelmingly passed in L.A. County earlier this year, raising the sales tax by a half-cent to support health care and other essential services – from 9.75 percent to 10.25 percent. Los Angeles County Introduces 10.25% Sales Tax
On Tuesday, former Special Counsel Jack Smith told Congress he would prosecute President Donald J. Trump again if given the chance, reaffirming his commitment to the Biden junta's failed lawfare campaign against the America First leader and the Republican Party. This followed the decision of Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to refer Smith to the Department of Justice back in July, potentially resulting in prosecution. The Disreputable Record of Jack Smith.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
A 35-year-old Texas mother shot and killed her four-year-old daughter and then shot herself. The mom was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive her injuries, but apparently, she didn't. As my friend and colleague Chris Queen just said, "Better a funeral for this woman than a screwed up trial, ruined by virtue-signaling jurors." Though he added that it probably wouldn't go that way in Texas. (Agreed, but get back to me after the midterms.) Another One? Texas Woman Kills 4-Year-Old Daughter. At Least There Will Be No Trial.
The comments came during a discussion of Gladwell's latest book, The American Way of Killing, which focuses on gun-related violence. After the first part of the discussion pointed out that European countries have substantially more police officers to help focus on crime compared to the U.S., MS NOW contributor Mike Barnicle followed up by comparing guns to a disease... MS NOW Lets Guest Claim 2nd Amendment Was for Slave Patrols
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Democrats aren’t merely jumping the shark. They’ve been moving left since Woodrow Wilson. Once venerated, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson are thoroughly reviled by the rank and file. JFK was an outlier. You Really Don’t Want Democrats To Win The Midterms
The Chinese Communist Party marked the establishment of the country as a communist “people’s republic” in 1949 on Thursday with nationwide flag-raising ceremonies, government-encouraged activities to honor mass murderer Mao Zedong, and a grand banquet for the communist elite in Beijing. Xi Jinping Calls China’s Rise ‘Unstoppable’ in Communist Celebrations
The South American nation is hours away from holding its 2026 general elections, scheduled for Sunday, October 4, with all polls suggesting that a runoff election will be held on October 25 between current incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Brazil Court Goes on Censorship Spree Days Before Presidential Election
Washington didn’t buy the island. It got something better: permanent rights, no expiration date, and a “no Chinese tenants” clause. Closed Its First Deal, and It’s in Greenland
For over a quarter of a century, the political establishment and the corporate media have tried to convince the public, and themselves, that Nigel Farage is a temporary anomaly. Yet time and again, the undisputed godfather of Brexit and British populism has defied their expectations. Seven Times Nigel Farage Achieved the Impossible.
In a result that really isn’t that surprising based on almost five decades of research about bone loss after long duration missions in weightlessness, a new study has found that astronauts who flew missions longer than 90 days tend to get more hip fractures later in life than those who flew on shorter missions, and those fractures also tended to occur at a younger age than normal. Astronauts returning from longer space missions get more hip fractures later in life
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Under Chapek’s leadership, Disney increased the wokeness of its content. At the same time, he restructured the company to take distribution out of the hands of creatives and into the hands of the bean counters. Worst of all, as head of Disney Parks and later CEO, Chapek raised prices, ended free FastPass, and introduced paid line-skipping. Fans and cast members blamed him for a more transactional Disney, even as parks profits were strong. Unfortunately, Disney hasn’t reversed course from this move. Bob Chapek Says Disney Erased Him, but It's Too Bad We Can't Erase What He Did
HITHER & YON
An unforgettable encounter and unmerited gift from a future saint. Fulton Sheen and Me
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Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
“The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country,” the letter, posted by NALC Branch 238 to Facebook, reads.
The letter, written by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Labor Relations to Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on a hundred vehicles, the letter says.
"Community Safety" -- riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhht
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Buc-ee's is kinda asshoe when it comes to trademarks and logos
Texas-based travel center Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain Mickey’s have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over the companies’ cartoon animal logos.
On Sept. 15, Buc-ee’s and Coles IP Holdings, the parent company of Mickey’s, reached a confidential agreement during a settlement conference, according to court records. The settlement stems from a lawsuit Buc-ee’s filed in February, claiming Mickey’s cartoon moose logo is too similar to its own cartoon beaver logo.
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The filing said that like Buc-ee’s logo, Mickey’s logo incorporates “a cartoon animal facing right with wide eyes and a smile, overlaying a round background.” It argued that the similarities between the two logos would likely cause confusion among customers.
What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos?
Charles Barkley just said the quiet part out loud and I’m not mad about it.
“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life. And yes, you need ID to vote, same as you need it to buy a beer, board a plane, or pick…
Lake Powell rises for about ten weeks a year and falls for the other forty-two. The Rocky Mountain snowpack melts from roughly April into July, the reservoir climbs, and then the melt stops while Glen Canyon Dam carries on releasing water downstream at a rate the river cannot replace. That is the whole mechanism, and it explains why every autumn brings another run of headlines about falling water. In 2026 the pattern was unusually stark. The lake peaked on June 1, and by September 15 it had set a modern record low of 3,516.62 feet, the lowest since the reservoir first filled in the 1960s. It is still going down.
To keep Lake Powell from collapsing, water managers have been quietly draining another giant reservoir upstream, one most Americans have never heard of: Flaming Gorge. It is a bold, and increasingly desperate, move to buy the shrinking Colorado River system a little more time. As of 2026, the latest release is the biggest one yet, and it comes with a very real cost. Here is what actually happens when you drain Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell.
Both of these articles seem to be "just the facts" style. No mention of the climate bogeyman that I could find. Refreshing.
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A huge genomic and fossil study suggests bats first evolved in Europe around 65 to 60 million years ago before spreading across the globe. The findings also indicate that flight and echolocation emerged near the beginning of bat evolution, potentially helping explain how bats became one of the most successful mammal groups on Earth.
Science has finally caught up to Duncanthrax.
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The results suggest that bats first evolved in Europe during the late Paleocene. Their descendants then moved into Africa.
As bats continued to diversify, separate groups expanded into the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Over time, those migrations produced the major bat lineages found around the world today.
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The findings also provide new clues about the origins of two of bats' defining features: powered flight and echolocation.
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Researchers also analyzed the fossil bat Vielasia, which sits on the oldest branch of the bat family tree. That fossil suggests echolocation had already appeared close to the beginning of bat evolution.
Taken together, the evidence indicates that both powered flight and echolocation emerged before modern bat groups began diversifying. Those abilities may have helped give bats their remarkable evolutionary success.
Anthony Fauci immediately sampled the tissues of a million-year-old bat fossil to find a disease he could infect the world with, then "cure."
A tour of a 1950s home -- basically untouched for 70 years. Includes a tiki bar in the rumpus room. I think that's more of a 60s thing but whatever, man.
France's intelligence agencies briefed a government crisis meeting on Thursday that a wave of student protests, sometimes violent, that has swept across the country was initiated by hard-left politicians, a person close to the prime minister said.
The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in the Paris region last month but have turned increasingly violent as they spread nationwide, with dozens injured and with police making hundreds of arrests.
Student protesters started fires in at least two high schools, while teachers were inadvertently splashed with petrol at a third in the southern city of Marseille, officials said. At least one car was torched in Strasbourg in the east and riot police clashed with youths in Toulouse in the southwest.
Other sources, like Fox, say that the teachers were "doused" with gas -- but do not claim this dousing was "inadvertent," as the corrupt communist Hamas-aligned Reuters does.
Are they mind-reading? Do they employ pre-cogs?
France 24 video report here. They feature students complaining that they were roughed up by cops trying to stop the riots. They're not so upset by the riots and arsons themselves.
The riots are coordinated by the far left party, LFI, "Le France Insoumise" or "France Unbowed."
Reports say over 350 high schools and about 30 university campuses were affected by the movement on Thursday alone. RFI reported 83 police and gendarmes were wounded today, with 119 students and school staffers injured since the start of unrest last week.
Reuters reported the principal of Marseille's Victor Hugo high school was doused in gasoline and injured, while two other principals were injured in attacks in Rouen and Petit-Quevilly. Police used tear gas in several cities, with Reuters reporting students accusing authorities of heavy‑handed tactics. Meanwhile, authorities are warning of "urban violence" and attempted arson at multiple schools.
The protests coincide with the government announcing a series of unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget two weeks ago and have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for the French government.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told Reuters that, "in certain places, there were individuals acting as agitators -- people who moved from one school to another to stir up high school and other students and incite them to commit acts of violence." Education Minister Edouard Geffray called for schools to hold classes remotely if protesters were blocking their premises, posting on X: "Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education."
Senior Envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Simone Rodan-Benzaquen told Fox News Digital, "The students' grievances about missing teachers and deteriorating schools were real at first. But dousing a principal in gasoline and attacking firefighters are acts of extreme violence. What makes this politically significant is the effort to turn frustration over schools into a much broader confrontation with the government."
The Associated Press reported the protests are quickly blowing up as a hot topic in the election campaign to replace President Emmanuel Macron next May. Far-left presidential hopeful Jean-Luc Mélenchon has decried the government response to the protests as repressive. Critics have accused his party, La France Insoumise, (LFI), of seeking to use the unrest to score points in the presidential campaign and of inciting violence.
Rodan-Benzaquen says the LFI has "actively supported the mobilization. Activists circulate footage of clashes, party accounts amplify it and elected officials present themselves as the students' defenders." With an election next year, she said, "Mélenchon sees these mobilizations as a way to consolidate young voters and marginalize the moderate left. At a time of deep political, geopolitical and economic challenges, this is a very dangerous situation for France."
The immigrant mayor of Saint-Denis -- one of the most "sensitive zones" in France and a major site of the riots -- actually joined with the rioters, dancing with them.
Students generally -- not just immigrants -- have claimed solidarity with students from the "suburbs," aka banlieus, aka migrant ghettos. These students are complaining mostly about bullshit stuff like "the school day is too long" (actually it is long, I think they said 9 to 6) and that they don't want their future decided by an "algorithm." That's just a complaint that selective colleges use grades and test scores to evaluate applicants. They're basically complaining that they don't want to be judged on their actual performance and aptitude, which is a very left-wing complaint.
Trump is asking the Supreme Court to pretty please with sugar on top let him stop using taxpayer money to pay for federal prisoners' "gender transitions."
The Trump Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to a Bureau of Prisons policy that cuts off federally-funded medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates to go forward.
The department's emergency appeal follows a federal district court order last month that continued to prohibit the bureau from enforcing its new rules against an inmate who is or will be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, according to CBS News.
The judge overseeing a challenge to the policy, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, ordered the Trump administration to continue providing medical care to a class of transgender inmates.
A group of inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria filed a lawsuit last year after President Trump issued an executive order at the start of his second term that prohibited the use of federal funds for medical procedures or treatments for transgender inmates within the federal prison system.
The Supreme Court hands Trump a temporary win -- temporary because they're overturning a lawless lower court's preliminary injunction, and not ruling on the ultimate merits yet -- and okays Trump's deportation of illegals to safe third countries when their actual country of origin refuses to accept them back.
You know an immigrant is a real All-Star Doctor/Engineer/Space Explorer when his home country refuse to take him back.
The Trump administration has used this as a solution for migrants from places like Cuba and Venezuela that refuse to allow illegal aliens to be returned. Other countries like India and China allow some repatriation but at a slow pace. So in those cases the Trump administration has been deporting people instead to a number of countries in Central and South America and some in Africa and Asia. A well-known example of this policy is the handling of Mahmoud Khalil who is likely to be deported to either Algeria or Syria once his lawsuits against various parties end.
The Trump administration is now trying to stem the flow of immigrants who are, or who are likely to become, public charges. It froze all immigrant visa applications abroad in August 2026 to retrain its consular officers on the new philosophy of not streamlining the issuance of tourist visas to impoverished refugees claiming to be headed to Disney. Only now are some select embassies gradually beginning to process cases again. Before the new training and rules, visa officers and DHS officials processing deportations were limited in considering what benefits could count against the "public charge" rule to cash welfare payments meant to cover basic living expenses and long-term institutional care paid for by the federal government.
The new Trump rules, which are certain to be challenged in court, allow visa officers overseas and DHS domestically to conduct case-by-case reviews that consider an applicant's age, health, family status, assets, financial resources, education, skills and whether the person has previously received means-tested taxpayer-funded benefits. The new rules will potentially affect millions of people, and deter many more from even applying. (Notably, the public charge test exempts some refugees, asylees, and those in humanitarian categories, meaning those truly in need should have help available to them.)
After decades of back-and-forth on the issue, the practical impact of these new rules is that it will become easier to deny visas, admission, or permanent residence to applicants who are likely to depend on government assistance.
Did you vote for this? Because I sure did.
UK's Labour government is unpopular because it continues allowing unlimited mass migration from barbaric countries without vetting. They cannot win an election with the current population.
The designation was put into motion less than a week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which raised concerns about rising left-wing violence in the U.S...
The administration said the move to target Antifa would allow the government to go after funding sources, with the president saying they are "looking at the funders of these groups."
The Center Square previously reported that a foundation funded by billionaire George Soros has given $80 million to groups tied to "extremist violence," including Antifa.
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The U.S. State Department officially designated four foreign Antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations last November, nearly two months after Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization.
The designations paved the way for the State Department to target individuals or groups by cutting off or freezing their access to global financial systems to curb potential attacks.
The State Department identified four European-based organizations, which either claimed or have been accused of carrying out a series of violent attacks in a handful of countries.
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In a historical first, nine individuals were convicted by a federal jury on domestic terrorism charges connected to Antifa in March.
The group was accused of being a part of the North Texas Antifa Cell, and was found guilty of rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.
The group was convicted of the attempted murder of an Alvarado, Texas, police officer and correctional officers at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center occurring on July 4, 2025.
One Antifa member was sentenced to 100 years in prison following a guilty verdict in a plot to target an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas. Several others also received lengthy prison sentences for the same attack.
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As part of the Trump administration's commitment to fight the scourge of political violence, Rubio vowed to "dismantle" the terror networks "brick by brick."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also took part in the summit, focusing on targeting the financial network funding the movement.
"We are examining where tax-exempt status has been exploited, where charitable entities have become financial conduits for foreign influence, and how those entrusted with stewardship of these organizations have instead enabled violence," said Bessent.
A Florida judge who retired rather than face disciplinary action will keep her partially taxpayer-funded pension.
Diana Tennis, a former judge on Florida's 9th Circuit Court, retired on September 4, 2026, to avoid being suspended and fined for making more than 900 political donations totaling $29,000 since 2016 -- all to Democratic candidates and groups. Tennis' term was originally set to end on Jan. 5, 2027.
The state Judicial Qualifications Commission found that Tennis' admitted actions violated the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits sitting judges from making political donations, but since she didn't violate a law, she gets to keep her pension, which is partially funded by taxpayers. The Code of Judicial Conduct is not a criminal code, but establishes standards for ethical conduct of judges, and specifically states that judges may not "solicit funds for, pay an assessment to or make a contribution to a political organization or candidate, or purchase tickets for political party dinners or other functions."
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Nikole Hannah-Jones says she had to block out memories to live with the education choices she made for her daughter and she doesn't know what she's arguing for anymore:
"And I was like, damn, you really--to make this work for yourself, mentally I just forgot. I had just pushed a lot of that out of my memory, I think, to be able to live with the choices we were trying to make."
"The stakes were so high for me personally. I feel like the stakes are so high when it comes to the issue of integration and equality that I couldn't admit to her that, yes, you did bear a cost. And I don't know that we made the right choice. I don't know what the right choice would be."
"And so what am I arguing for? I don't know anymore."
Ana Kasparian thinks that the hijacking of the Israeli flight is 'fishy' and intimates it was a false flag. She is upset that she even has to cover the story period:
"Okay. God help me. Let's get to this next story because we have to talk about it. This is a still developing… pic.twitter.com/PyEU4Pdgfa
"This is a devolping story and I don't trust the Israelis. I wouldn't trust the Israelis with anything. Any narrative coming out of Israel, I don't I just I can't take it at face value. Sorry"
"Immediately jumping to the conclusion that the copilot is a jihadi. Doesn't make sense to me. Citation, please."
"Just yesterday, Netanyahu was saying that the Iranians are going to carry out some sort of attack against Israel ahead of the Israeli elections. Everyone was saying, oh, here comes the false flag. Now, look, I'm not saying that this is a false flag. I don't know yet. I don't know yet. I think it's fishy."
Alex Jones was sued into bankruptcy for his casual resort to "false flag" claims. All media outlets condemned.
But leftists can spin antisemitic false flag conspiracy theories all day long without anyone in the media saying Boo.
Iran publishes propaganda letter urging US voters to punish Trump in midterm elections
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps put out a 25-page letter addressed to Americans urging them to oppose President Donald Trump during the upcoming midterm elections.
The IRGC, which as repeatedly tried to sway the Nov. 3 US elections, claimed that the president and his support of Israel were the cause of the war -- as they urged voters to reject both in the voting booth.
"America's national security and the lives of its service members are entrusted to someone who is not only an inveterate liar but is also an insanely avaricious man whose only motivation in life is the accumulation of greater wealth," IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in the regime's latest attack on Trump.
The letter accuses Trump of concealing the "peaceful nature" of Iran's nuclear program despite allegations from the International Atomic Energy Agency watchdog that Tehran was enriching its uranium beyond what's needed for a power plant.
The US and Israel have defended the war in Iran primarily as a means to prevent the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons.
The IRGC also lashed out against the US government designating the security force as a terrorist group, claiming there was not "a single verifiable instance where the IRGC has committed an act of violence against civilians."
UK Prime Minister and Pallid Cuck Andy Burnham even admits his Islamic friends are behind the thwarted attack on the air field base used by US personnel.
The British government believes Iran "played a part" in the incident over the weekend at the RAF Fairford air base in England, which has been used by U.S. warplanes carrying out strikes on Iran, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday.
Burnham's remarks to the BBC were the first confirmation by the British government of its assessment of the incident, which saw five men -- all British nationals in their mid-20s -- arrested near RAF Fairford early Sunday morning on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. They were all released on bail the following day, however, even though the police had the right to hold them for up to 14 days under U.K. counterterrorism laws.
Their quick release drew criticism from President Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. But it also prompted questions in the U.K. as to whether the authorities had overreacted.
The Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico: Despite My Transparently Disingenuous Claims to Have Moderated on the Trans Issue, I Have Not Changed My Position At All
—Disinformation Expert Ace
There's always the question with shifty, dishonest left-wing politicians. You know they're lying, but who are they lying to?
When they claim to be moderate, are they lying to the moderates?
Or are they lying to the leftist base?
Lately some left-wing influencers have complained of Talarico seemingly walking back his earlier gonzo support of All Things Tranny --- "God is nonbinary," "there are six genders," "I love trans children," I have a favorite drag queen and I want to tell you all about "her."
David Strom notes that Talarico recently attempted to give himself wiggle room on trannies playing in girls sports, saying he would oppose that IF it presented a safety issue.
But here's the thing: He won't say if it poses a safety issue and the trans lobby has spent ten years insisting there is absolutely no safety issue at all, because trans girls are girls and if some actual girls wind up with permanent brain damage and hearing loss, oh well, no one lives forever.
Nevertheless, trans activists were alarmed by this and demanded to know: Does he still believe that Trans Woman Are Women, for all purposes, no exceptions?
Talarico clarifies: When I say I'm moderating, I'm lying to the moderates. My positions on trans issues haven't changed a bit and I am all in on trans children.
James Talarico — who fought to allow the gender mutilation of children and to let men compete in girls' sports — says his far-Left agenda hasn't changed.
TALARICO: “The way I fought for trans kids in the legislature is how I will fight for them in the US Senate.” pic.twitter.com/D3odeXDw7e
This confirms what his lesbian "pastor" said: He's just lying to the moderates to get elected.
TEXAS SENATE RACE: James Talarico’s (CIS) minister Rev. Babs Miller admits that Talarico has confided that his flip flops on gender, trans surgery for kids, and other far-left issues are only temporary. Talarico is merely lying to get elected. pic.twitter.com/e0DQCVYnoM
I put "pastor" in quotes because Talarico's "pastor" of course does not believe that a real Jesus even existed.
Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico's pastor was recently recorded saying some shocking things about Christian doctrines, expressing skepticism about the virgin birth of Jesus and even questioning his very existence.
"We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed," the Rev. Babs Miller of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was caught saying on camera.
Miller voiced some of the same types of "progressive Christian" beliefs that Talarico has been criticized for by believers in orthodox Christianity.
She was recorded on video while suggesting a pick-and-choose approach to belief. When asked, "Do we really believe that a virgin gave birth to a baby?" she replied, "No."
"Part of what we encourage here is for people to think for themselves, and take what makes sense. It's kind of like what they say in a 12-step program: take what you want and leave the rest. And I know that would greatly offend some of your relatives who want to hold onto these archaic rules ... Mary and the virgin birth comes out of the pagan belief," Miller said.
"We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed, any more than we have of knowing that the original Buddha ever existed. And whether or not Jesus existed doesn't really matter to me. The fact remains that that message that was delivered by someone named Jesus supposedly and it could have all been made up for all I know," she continued.
If you're a Christian, of course this is a heresy, because it absolutely foundational to Christianity to believe that Christ existed and died to redeem the world. That is the absolute rock-bottom, bare minimum belief. If you don't believe that, you're certainly not a "Christian," and could not possibly be a genuine Christian pastor.
It's also a bizarre claim, historically: While people may doubt the divine nature of Christ, it seems impossible that this colossal historical figure could have just been made up entirely given the huge number of writings about him and the fact that within 200-300 years, his teachings had become the dominant religion throughout much of the western and near-eastern world.
"Jesus was political. Jesus was put on that cross, not to save us; Jesus was put on that cross because Rome hated Him and they thought He was a threat to their domination of that area. And so they killed Him. He didn't die to save our sins," she told an undercover journalist posing as a prospective new member.
"That makes a whole lot more sense to me than to say that some God would kill his Son for us. That doesn't make sense. How does that make up for all the things I can do? No, it doesn't," she added.
Mark it, folks -- this is the first time Politico has ever been outraged about someone questioning a Christian's (or "Christian's") religious beliefs.
And likely the last time, too.
A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides. Republicans are trying to portray them as wolves in sheep's clothing.
In Texas, Republicans are running ads blasting seminarian James Talarico for saying he's "a Christian who hates Christianity." In Iowa, they are going after a pair of clergy in key House races as "PINOS" -- "pastors in name only," because they "don't profess the true gospel of Jesus Christ." In Kansas, Republicans pan megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton as "too woke and too weak."
"His sermons are essentially a carbon copy of the Democrat National Committee platform," said Brent Robertson, chief of staff to Hamilton's opponent, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), pointing to a past sermon in which Hamilton urged followers to reduce their carbon footprint.
The closing arguments on these Democrats -- as evidenced by the most recent ads -- shows a concerted effort to turn their preaching against them to paint them as fake, corrupt or even blasphemous.
In Texas, MAGA Inc. is on air painting Talarico as a "liberal weirdo," clipping Talarico's controversial statements, like "Jesus Christ Himself was a radical feminist" and "God is non-binary."
The Trump-aligned No Going Back PAC is on air in Iowa's 2nd District hitting Presbyterian minister and Democrat Lindsay James as inauthentic: "When the cameras are on, Lindsay James goes into a character, a caring pastor who says what you want to hear, but when there's no spotlight, Lindsay James shows just how radical she can be."
And in Kansas, GOP Sen. Roger Marshall's campaign is on air slamming Hamilton as a "slimy," "millionaire megachurch CEO," saying he "used faith to fatten his wallet" and "asked churchgoers to pony up for God, then use church resources for his own campaign."
"The swamp's got enough money changers," the ad says.
The attacks are coming precisely because these candidates have proven to be formidable candidates in purple to red areas, using their faith backgrounds to bolster themselves against GOP accusations that they're out of their state's mainstream.
How dare a political party rebut the religious claims of candidates of another political party!
That's not fair! (Unless you're attacking actual Christians for "regressive believes," naturally.)
Source at FlyDubai: The Omani Co-Pilot Was a "Religious Extremist" (Non-Amish Division), "We Hired the Services of a Terrorist"
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Via Ed Morrissey, "We may never know the motive" once again becomes "We knew the motive all along because of course."
But the media will never get tired of playing this game.
According to GB News and Israeli media, FlyDubai's so-far-unnamed terrorist pilot offered plenty of clues to warn the airline about assigning him to a Tel Aviv route. The pilot was already known as a "religious extremist" who prayed ostentatiously and refused physical contact with females, even to shake hands. A FlyDubai employee offered an anonymous condemnation of his employer as betraying the UAE by assigning an Omani to the route:
News anchor Yosef Yisrael said the source detailed how the pilot "was someone characterised by very strange behaviour, especially around religious observances that were out of step with his surroundings".
He added: "For instance, he used to pray a lot, and would not shake hands with women."
The source also claimed that usually only Emiratis fly to Israel - and accused the airline of betraying his country.
"There is no other way to put it, we hired the services of a terrorist and nearly caused the deaths of 180 people," the source said.
"If you see something, say something" was the vague advice offered by Bush for about a year after 9/11. He was very careful not to say what somethings we should consider worth saying something about.
But then the leftist NGOs and Islamist advocacy groups began fighting back against even this vague caution, and the rule soon became "Ignore all behavior of Muslims, o matter how strange or alarming, or else you're a bigot who will be cancelled out of your job."
And here we are.
Via Twitchy: CBS says the FlyDubai terror pilot's motive may never be known (Inshallah).
Just as Beyamin Netanyahu announces the co-pilot who stabbed his captain and attempted to crash the plane full of Israelis underwent Islamic radicalization...
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
They also aver that he "allegedly" stabbed his co-pilot.
Um, who else was in the cockpit?
One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday.
The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The captain was able to fight off the co-pilot long enough to unlock the cockpit door. Passengers then overpowered the co-pilot, and two off-duty pilots who were on the flight managed to gain control of the aircraft and make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
There were 174 people aboard the plane. No passengers were seriously injured in the incident. The pilot sustained stab wounds in the attack. Saudi authorities said two crew members were hospitalized with unspecified injuries, and the co-pilot remained in custody on Thursday.
The co-pilot of the flight has not yet been publicly identified.
An Omani official confirmed to CBS News that the attacker was born in Oman and currently holds Omani citizenship, but the Omani government has not publicly confirmed his nationality.
The co-pilot's motive in the alleged attack remains unknown.
Netanyahu speculated to CBS News on Wednesday that the incident looked "like a suicide attempt," referring to witnesses who said the co-pilot had tried to jam the plane's equipment instead of stabilizing the aircraft. After passengers subdued the co-pilot, he shouted for someone to kill him, Netanyahu told Fox News on Thursday.
In the same interview with Fox, Netanyahu said "personal information" gathered during ongoing questioning had led Israel to the conclusion that the co-pilot "underwent Islamist radical indoctrination." He did not offer more information.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called the incident "an attempted jihadist terror attack," and referred to the co-pilot as a "terrorist."
An Israeli security official told CBS News that authorities were investigating the possibility the incident could have been an attempted Sept. 11-style terror attack, and whether the attacker was working alone. Netanyahu has warned in recent days of unspecified, escalating security threats to Israel and its interests amid its ongoing operations against Iran-allied Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Related: Stephen Greene wants to know why we haven't executed "Workplace Violence-Doer" Nidal Hassan yet.
It seems impossible that it's been almost exactly 17 years since U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire on soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center in Killeen, Texas. By the time Department of the Army police officer Kimberly D. Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd exchanged gunshots with Hasan and disabled him; he had killed 14 people -- including an unborn baby -- and wounded 32 more.
Before going down, Hasan shot Munley three times, in the right hand, left thigh, and left knee. She survived, but never fully recovered from her injuries. Hasan's attack lasted about 10 minutes because of all the many absurdities about modern life; soldiers are generally not allowed to carry firearms on base.
It is the height of outrageous absurdity that the Obama administration described the jihadi terrorist attack as an act of mere "workplace violence." Hasan, the son of naturalized Palestinian immigrants, was reportedly radicalized online by Imam Anwar al-Awlaki -- under the watchful eye of the FBI. The Bureau cleared him shortly before what a Senate report called "the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001."
Obama's Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said, "I'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers... Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse."
Fourteen dead in an Islamic terror attack, and all Casey could do was praise our precious diversity.
But the absurdities continue.
It took four years to complete Hasan's court-martial and sentence him to death.
Thirteen years later, he remains on death row.
But here's the part that really gets me and ought to have you blood boiling, too -- and it comes courtesy of Homeland Security two days ago:
The Supreme Court removed the last remaining legal obstacle to Hasan's long-awaited execution in October 2024 -- two years ago -- when the court declined to hear his appeal. That was under Presidentish Joe Biden.
It should come as no surprise that Biden did not take the final executive step. Under U.S. military law (UCMJ), a death sentence cannot be carried out until the President personally approves it -- and President Donald Trump has yet to do so.
"Once a prisoner's case reaches final judgment, their sentence becomes ripe for presidential review of the adjudged death sentence pursuant to Article 57 of the UCMJ. In accordance with Article 57, the President is the only authority who can approve a sentence of death," Line of Departure explained earlier this year. "At the point of review, the President may approve, commute, or remit a Service member's death sentence. If the President approves a death sentence, the process for carrying it out begins."
War Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Trump to give his approval, but the Commander-in-Chief has yet to grant it.
Give the order, Mr. President.
A society which refuses to execute those who mass-murder us is telling potential mass-murderers that we agree with them, that we deserve to be murdered. They hear the message loud and clear -- we agree that we are degenerate infidels who should be put to the sword.
Secretary of War Hegseth Plans to Fire 20% of All Generals and Admirals; Appoints a Panel to Game Out the Future of Warfare, Including Elon Musk
—Disinformation Expert Ace
I know that when the government wants to fire people, the best way to do it is to announce a staff slim-down. Judges can't force the government to retain more personnel than the government thinks they need, but they can protect left-wing saboteurs who are fired for cause. So best practice is to just say you're cutting personnel, then get rid of the saboteurs.
I don't know if Hegseth has to do that in the military, though. I think he might have more plenary power to fire people than secretaries overseeing civilian departments do.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce plans to reduce by 20% the number of positions reserved for generals and admirals during his State of the Force address on Wednesday.
Hegseth approved reduction plans for the Army, Navy, Air Force and the military's joint pool earlier this month, according to memos seen by Fox News Digital. The services were directed to implement the plans and complete the reductions by Jan. 1, 2027.
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The new target doubles the 10% overall reduction in general and flag officer positions Hegseth ordered last year as part of his effort to streamline the military's senior ranks. That earlier directive separately called for a 20% reduction in active-duty four-star positions and a 20% reduction in National Guard general officers.
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Hegseth dubbed that effort "less generals, more GIs," arguing that reducing senior headquarters positions would push resources and authority toward troops closer to the fight.
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At least some of the positions will be downgraded rather than eliminated altogether. In a Sept. 16 memo approving reductions to the military's joint pool, Hegseth directed officials to establish O-6 requirements for general and flag officer positions identified for downgrade, allowing colonels and Navy captains to fill those jobs.
That sounds like he's using this as cover to fire the nonperformers. But I don't know.
The announcement comes exactly one year after Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico, Virginia, for an extraordinary gathering where he laid out his expectations for the military's senior leaders and warned those who did not support his reforms to step aside.
Hegseth said he's aimed for the department to be "unrelenting, unapologetic, and uncompromising" in its mission to win. Generals who "clung to the woke department or seem to think civilian control of the military is simply a suggestion, well, they no longer work here," Hegseth said.
"The media calls that a purge," he said. "I call it accountability, and long overdue."
Hegseth also used the speech to spell out the kind of force he wants. He used a string of derogatory terms for people he said should not serve in the military: "No fatties, no t******s, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors."
I assume the censored word is the absurdly forbidden word "trannies." Just because. Trans agitators decided they needed their own n-word to ban and decided that the very typical method of shortening a word by just ending a "y" or "ies" ending was "offensive" and a "slur."
By the way, this word so offended communist propaganda outlet NPR they deleted it entirely without even noting the censorship:
"No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors," Hegseth said on Wednesday. "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
Oorah.
As you can imagine, NPR is so triggered you guys!
He also will clarify that religion is not disfavored in the military, as it was under Obama and Biden. Quite the opposite.
In his last proclamation, Hegseth declared he will establish the Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon that "will report straight to the top."
"Cutting-edge technology ... new basing and bases ... and a better educational pipeline are still incomplete without the most essential component of our republic: faith," he told the assembled service members.
He said the Defense Department has "a sacred duty" to provide troops with "first-class religious support" wherever they're sent, bashing past administrations for treating the topic as an afterthought.
"Political correctness and secular humanism got a vote. Chaplains did not. Budgets were cut. Resourcing and manpower needs were ignored. Base chapels fell apart," Hegseth claimed. "Decisions about faith and religion were made by secular careerists in cubicles and lawyers running around with red tape."
The military training program, called "America's Corps of Cadets," will include Louisiana State University, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University and Hillsdale College.
"We need more officers from academic institutions like our military academies and senior military colleges, and today we're going to make that happen," Hegseth said.
Each school will be a "distinguished military college" and will be expected to "maintain exceptionally high standards of cadet discipline, tactical instruction and military organization," the Pentagon chief said.
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"From the Ivy Leagues to the most liberal arts colleges, our colleges and universities have become anti-American DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] worshipping woke factories. Qualities like grit and courage replaced with political correctness and social justice," Hegseth said. "God and country traded for Che Guevara and critical theory."
He announced an Autonomous Warfare Command, which would field AI-guided military drones.
Hegseth also announced a new panel to game out the massive changes in future -- actually, current -- warfighting. Elon Musk, tech mogul Palmer Lucky, and Newt Gingrich were named as leaders.
BREAKING: Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that Elon Musk will co-lead a new War Department effort studying the future of warfare during his State of the Force address.
Hegseth unveils Project Meridian, naming Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to co-lead the effort under the… pic.twitter.com/stxOPThY8z
I don't know what Gingrich is doing there. Well, I do. He considers himself a futurist and does think about military procurement. He's said of himself "I'm a hawk, but a cheap hawk," so maybe Hegseth thinks he will be able to separate the real cutting edge weaponry from the boondoggles.
He also announced a "FORTRESS America" initiative.
Sean Parnell
@SeanParnellASW
Today, at Secretary Hegseth's direction, the Department of War is announcing FORTRESS America--a national insurance policy for the American homeland.
Every major military installation in America will generate its own power.
We are bringing our critical supply chains home.
We are building strategic reserves deep enough to fight through disruption.
We are securing the high ground and the airwaves--our satellites, our spectrum, and our ability to see, navigate, and communicate with one another.
Hegseth: Today at my direction we are launching Fortress America. Fortress stands for Federal Operations for Resilience, Troops resources, energy, supply, and survivability. pic.twitter.com/tlllRN1mj7
The goal of this initiative will be to make bases entirely self-sufficient, having their own electrical plants for example, so that they can't be easily disrupted by an attack.
"If an adversary takes down the grid by cyberattack, by sabotage, or by any means, our bases stay lit. Our aircraft keep flying. Our command centers never go dark," he said.
The effort also is meant to bring critical supply chains home, including rare earth minerals, specialty metals, semiconductors and propellants "mined in America, refined in America, built in America by American workers."
He also announced some kind of new base, which I guess is a model for future bases:
Sean Parnell
@SeanParnellASW
Today, at Secretary Hegseth's direction, the Department of War is announcing The Next Great American Base.
This will be a dynamic, self-sustaining power projection platform.
This will include hundreds of thousands of acres, organic power generation, modern air defenses, and cutting-edge technology.
In some interesting military news: the last of the legendary SR-71 Blackbirds -- the highest-flying, fastest plane, made of titanium because it's the only metal that won't melt at very high speeds -- has apparently been re-activated after having been retired in 1999.
Interviewer: You showed a picture of the Blackbird up there.
Jared Isaacman: You sure that's a Blackbird?
Interviewer: Well, okay. What was that picture that you showed up there?
Isaacman: Like I said, NASA's getting back in the business of flying high and fast again.
Interviewer: I mean, that doesn't seem like a space vehicle. It seems like an Earth-air vehicle.
Isaacman: Yeah. The first "A" in NASA is our aeronautics portfolio. What we've contributed to over the decades, you may not realize this. Look, when you go see an F-22 fly at an air show and wow you, the fly-by-wire technology was us. The thrust-vectoring technology was us. NASA's been contributing to breakthroughs in aeronautics, both civil, commercial and national-security applications, for a long time. And again, kind of similar to the same theme, over the years we've been forced to spend our aeronautics budget on, like, subsidizing high-TRL efforts from big prime contractors. An engine that's 40 years old, they want to squeak 3% more fuel efficiency out of it, get NASA to pay for it. I'm like, are you kidding? There is no way we are doing that. You can underwrite that investment yourself for competitive reasons. You know what I want to do? I want to get back to the radical airframe and engine designs like we were always supposed to do, and you're getting a little bit of a taste for that on the...
So maybe he's one of those Doctors and Engineers our country would collapse without.
Texas authorities and the FBI on Thursday stated that they had thwarted a plan to attack the State Capitol in Austin.
Benny Caldera, 40, was arrested in his home in connection with the matter, Fox News reported. Authorities reportedly received a tip on Tuesday about a possible attack on the Capitol.
Caldera was reportedly angry with the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a prominent pro-Israel organization that has become a lightning rod for opposition to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman
𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏
Texas DPS SWAT officers arrested 40-year-old Benny Caldera Jr. at 3 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Converse, outside San Antonio, after a tip that he planned to attack the Texas State Capitol in Austin, authorities said Thursday.
The tip came from a friend who got a farewell message from him. According to arrest documents, Caldera wrote: "𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 ... 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴∗𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱."
The same documents say he told that friend he was angry at AIPAC and that "𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥," NBCDFW reported. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩.
He was first charged with a felony terroristic threat against a public servant and held on a $75,000 bond. By Wednesday evening he was in federal custody. Records show he was arrested in 2023 for carrying an unlicensed firearm. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡∗𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝.
The Daily Wire notes the arrest comes amid a steady stream of political attacks on AIPAC, and cites federal filings that rank the group 191st in lobbying spend in 2024 at $3.3 million. Rhetoric about a group of Americans has consequences, and this time the police got there first.
BREAKING: Authorities say they thwarted an alleged plot to attack the Texas State Capitol on the same day President Trump is scheduled to visit the state.
Jonathan Hunt reports 40-year-old Benny Caldera was arrested near San Antonio after authorities received a tip about an… pic.twitter.com/Uyx0VKwlec
BREAKING: Benny Caldera Jr. was arrested by the FBI and Texas authorities after he allegedly planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the Texas State Capitol.
After initially being RELEASED on a $75,000 bond, he was taken into custody again by federal officials on additional… pic.twitter.com/2o9vLEMa3P
The massive, all-encompassing incompetence of most government is on full display today! Humanity has spent its entire history getting better and better at killing each other, yet the Tennessee Department of Corrections can't manage to knock off somebody who is already strapped to a f*cking gurney?
In our culture's drive to make everything painless, including capital punishment, we have made a mockery of the concept, and botching a simple task is just the icing on the cake. This woman was convicted in 1996...30 years ago! That her sentence wasn't carried out promptly after a pro forma appeal is a travesty of justice, and in and of itself is cruel and unusual.
The first woman set to be put to death in Tennessee in over 200 years was given two doses of a lethal injection Wednesday evening, but remained alive as her botched execution descended into chaos — and prompted the governor to demand an outside probe and issue an emergency pause on all executions for the remainder of the year.
There are several tried-and-true ways that the state can kill, and it isn't unreasonable for the people to expect some minimal level of competence in carrying out the sentence. Hanging works. Firing squads work. Electrocution works. But the newest fad of painless death by injection seems not to work very well at all, because the idiots in charge of concocting the lethal dose try to do it in the kindest, most peaceful way imaginable.
Here's a pro-tip! Take a gram of Fentanyl confiscated at the border, mix it in some saline, and shoot it into the bitch's vein. That will do nicely, since the dosage is hundreds of times larger than the lethal dose.
But this is the best part of the entire embarrassing mess!
She was taken to a nearby hospital, where her lawyers said she was “being provided life-saving measures.”
Her condition was unclear as of Thursday morning; however, a doctor who was retained by Pike’s legal team as a medical expert said she likely now has a brain injury as a result.
Life-saving measures after a botched execution?
Apparently there was no "protocol" for this outcome, which exposes the mindset of the bureaucracy. Protocols and regulations are the shield that apparatchiks use to protect themselves from responsibility.
So this evil bitch is in the hospital, perhaps with brain damage, which will be used by her lawyers as a reason to prevent any further attempts to give her what she so richly deserves.
Because we can't kill brain-damaged people? Why not?
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Good morning kids. Obviously the big story of the day is the thwarting of a mass religious experience of peace love and understanding by the Religion of Peace ™
The pilot who was repeatedly stabbed by his co-pilot during Wednesday’s attempted terror attack aboard a flight bound for Israel has been identified as Indian national Smit Machchhar — and accounts emerging from the aircraft credit his fight for control with helping alert passengers to the danger unfolding inside the cockpit.
Machchhar, a veteran pilot with nearly 10,000 hours of flight experience, was flying Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv when the Omani first officer allegedly attacked him with a knife and attempted to seize control of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
The aircraft eventually landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, but Machchhar was seriously injured and rushed to a hospital after the emergency landing.
By now, the whole world knows, as the New York Post reported Wednesday, that “an Israel-bound passenger plane pilot was reportedly stabbed several times by the jet’s co-pilot in the cockpit — and the terrifying scenes caused the aircraft to plunge almost 20,000 feet in minutes, sparking fears of a ‘terrorist attack in mid-air.’”
The passenger plane pilot who was stabbed was an Indian national, Captain Smit Machchhar; his co-pilot was an Omani Muslim who had evidently decided that a plane full of Israelis gave him a marvelous opportunity to wage jihad for the sake of Allah. This sort of thing was bound to happen sooner or later, and will almost certainly happen again. After all, the Qur’an repeatedly directs Muslims to “kill them wherever you find them.” (2:191, 4:89, 4:91, cf. 9:5) Regarding the Jews, it says: “You will find the Jews and the idolaters the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who believe” (5:82), and demonizes them relentlessly in numerous other passages.
Add to all that the fact that the Islamic jihad against Israel is worldwide. Numerous Islamic jihad groups have called for the murder of Jews all over the world. It’s noteworthy that the pilot who attempted this aerial jihad was Omani. Oman is not often heard from in connection with jihad, and many assume that the Muslims there are “moderates.” The jihad, however, is universal. In fact, when a Muslim land is attacked, Islamic theology holds that defensive jihad is obligatory upon every Muslim worldwide. And many Muslim authorities consider the very existence of Israel to constitute the attack of a Muslim land.
Two teenagers have been arrested in different US states over a plot to carry out a mass-casualty attack against Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue (pictured above) in Houston, Texas.
Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, North Carolina, and a 16-year-old boy from the Houston area were arrested and charged. Hicks allegedly conspired with two people identified only by their first names, “Angel” and “Teegan,” to “kill as many Jews as possible” by driving a vehicle through a congregation at the synagogue, the oldest in Texas.
And just as a gentle reminder as if any of you need it, the trolls notwithstanding, this is the most well-informed readership anywhere on the internet, or anywhere in general, given the nature of Islam and their extremely dangerous allies of convenience the anti-American American Left, we are all JOOZ now!
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a terrorist organization formally belonging to the Iranian armed forces, published a 26-page open letter to the American people on Tuesday inviting Americans to visit the Strait of Hormuz, insisting “death to America” did not mean Iran wished death on America, and suggesting the September 11, 2001, jihadist attacks were a “false-flag operation.”
Yes and the Democrats don't really support the Democrat Socialists of America, either. just a false flag op!
But in point of fact everything that the Democrat Party has done over the past 200 years, given the death, dislocation, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential of all of its policies, and that they have never embraced America as founded and have done their damndest to overthrow the American revolution and replace it with a tyrannical dictatorship of its own design with them in control in perpetuity (Heh, just like Islam!), the Mullahs ripped off the slogan DEATH TO AMERICA from the Democrat Party. That's why what this Islamic savage belched up is kind of chuckle-worthy in a bitterly ironic way.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) wrote a 26-page letter to the American people on Tuesday, urging them to vote for Democrats in the midterms.
It should be noted that the term “fifth column” has been weaponized in the past against minority populations such as the Japanese, who were interred during World War II, as well as against Americans of German descent during both world wars. Nevertheless, documented foreign influence operations, a court-tested organization with ties to a terrorism financing case, and a $591 million CCP-adjacent funding network are not manufactured; they are in the public record as cited in this article.
The most defensible version of the premise that drove this article’s analysis is narrower than “a fifth column” and broader than nothing: several distinct domestic and foreign-linked networks have documented, sometimes overlapping records of hostility to American constitutional order. At least one of them (CCP united front and IRGC-linked operations) meets the term’s original meaning, and at least two more (the CAIR/Muslim Brotherhood cluster and the Singham-funded left ecosystem) have court records, government designations, or congressional financial tails that go well beyond ordinary political disagreement. What is not yet documented is a unified command linking them together.
Ron DeSantis, Florida Cabinet Declare CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa as Terrorist Groups “The designations will also apply to more than 90 organizations already listed as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. government, including the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, two Mexican drug cartels and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
Yes he has some baggage, but America can do a lot worse than Meatball Ron, but I would enthusiastically cheer on his first and then his second Swearing-in ceremonies as POTUS. I don't mean 2028 but sometime down the road, '32, '36..'40?` should I live that long. But cheer him on I will...
AM Yisroel Chai and God Bless America!
Have a good day.
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
Israeli officials quickly announced that the bloody “brawl” aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday was in fact a thwarted hijacking attempt, in which the copilot of the plane tried to knife the captain and then crash the aircraft. Israel Says Bloody ‘Brawl’ Aboard Emirati Plane Was Thwarted Hijacking
The National Political Committee (NPC) is the governing body of the DSA. The NPC is comprised of 27 members (25 delegates plus two youth delegates) and elects its own Steering Committee, which is responsible for interim decision-making. The following caucuses are represented on the NPC: Who Runs the Socialist Organization Taking Over the Democrat Party?
US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department failed to follow necessary rule-making processes before implementing Trump’s fee. Gilliam, appointed by then-President Barack Obama, granted a request by a coalition of unions, employers and nonprofits to block the agencies from implementing Trump’s fee pending the outcome of a lawsuit they filed in October. Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas blocked by second judge
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Gholami was furious at Netanyahu for saying he wanted what is best for Iranians, which is true, because Netanyahu wants to free the anti-Islamofascist Persians from their dictators. But this undermines the constant, if utterly false, cry from the Tehran terrorists that the people of Iran are behind them. Iranian State Media Is Threatening Israel for the ‘Next War’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s cries of “genocide” against Israel ring hollow when many of its loudest critics ignore the far bloodier histories of their own ancestral homelands. Genocide Hypocrites
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
“The vice president always says there’s two victims to fraud: One, you know, the people whose programs are being stolen from that actually need that money; and then two, you know, the taxpayer in general,” White House Correspondent Nick Gilbertson told Blanche during the exclusive interview. Exclusive — Todd Blanche Assures Taxpayers: Trump Administration Is ‘Fighting Hard’ Against Fraud
It seems impossible that it's been almost exactly 17 years since U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire on soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center in Killeen, Texas. By the time Department of the Army police officer Kimberly D. Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd exchanged gunshots with Hasan and disabled him; he had killed 14 people — including an unborn baby — and wounded 32 more. Can We Just Execute This Terrorist Already?
Growth in real final sales to private domestic purchasers, a critical measure of underlying economic strength, was revised up by four-tenths of a percentage point to 4.6 percent. Prior to adjusting for inflation, final sales to private domestic purchasers rose at an annualized pace of 9.5 percent. GDP Revised Up To Show Stronger Growth In First Half of Year
The prior month’s inflation data was revised down. July’s PCE index now shows a 0.1 percent monthly increase, down from 0.2 percent. The annual increase was revised down to 3.4 percent from 3.7 percent. Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Comes in Much Lower Than Expected
International enrollment in California has fallen this year during the Trump administration’s crackdown on student visas. One trade group projected a 15-percent drop for the current school year, a loss of about 7,000 students in the state and roughly one billion dollars in tuition and other spending. California State University System Weighs Dropping International Student English Test Requirement
After the long-foreshadowed implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign for US Senate this summer, progressives demanded that he be replaced by a candidate just as regressive and demagogic. They found their man in Troy Jackson, the former president of Maine’s state senate who had been easily dispatched in the party’s gubernatorial primary earlier that summer. Maine Democrats replaced one sleazy bigot with another
One of the key points to take away from the debate interchange below, besides the fact that Democrats are going to have to cheat egregiously to boost an obviously sour and disconnected Becerra, is that Democrats are never content with targeting billionaires. All those deluded taxpayers who think they will vote for higher taxes on the wealthy should remember that Democrats’ definition of “the wealthy” is pretty much anyone who earns a good enough salary to be independent of government assistance and government programs. Hilton Mocks Becerra for Saying Tax Breaks for Those Earning Under $150K Benefit ‘the Wealthiest’
Instead of a Church that calls on politicians to ground their morality and policies on the Bible and Christian tradition, woke Christianity takes the opposite approach, using existing progressive political beliefs to reinterpret Christianity to suit ideological leftism.This is causing many voters to ask, “Is woke Christianity really Christianity at all?” Rise of the Religious Left: The Woke Pastors Backing Radical Democrats.
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They've called upon Elon Musk, Palmer Lucky (CEO of defense contractor Anduril), and Newt Gingrich to offer their expertise, a move that has deeply offended the perpetually deeply offended.
Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and fully stocked. Step up and place your order.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. It is the last day of September after all.
If you're a troll, go away.
This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.
Remember blog etiquette - if you are the second commenter, you get the honor of alerting those in the prior post. If you are the first, you get to bask in the temporary glory of victory. If you are third, we still love you.
You would think one room would be sufficient to observe the ladies' room, but apparently many are needed.
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ONT Department of Nostalgia
It is truly amazing what lurks out there on the interweb:
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ONT Department of Alcohol Science
I had no idea that this kind of thing was a sub-genre on YouTube. Is this what happens when gas gets expensive? Apparently so. Warning: once you watch one video, your entire YouTube feed gets filled with similar videos. (I feel sorry for the YouTube or NSA employee tasked with tracking my YouTube algorithm.)
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ONT Department of the Far Side
Everyone has probably seen this before, but I stumbled across it this week. I hadn't seen it for a while and it still made me laugh.
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ONT Department of Public Art
The Basketball Tree, functional sculpture by Alexandre Arechea, located in Biidaasige Park in Toronto.
I'm sure there is some deeper meaning that only the truly insightful can fully appreciate, but I like seeing a bit of whimsy and interaction in public art. It would take a while to figure out which hoop to aim for, but the odds of sinking a basket would improve!
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Mandatory Maiden
Bruce Dickinson sings the US National Anthem before the Steelers football game (with helicopter flyover):
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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week
Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Current Concept. The host does not give his real name, but is very handy and I love his dry sense of humor. His channel description is bang on accurate: "Engineering ish projects being made and tested. I'll even throw some jokes in there every now and then to keep em entertaining. This channel is my excuse to build dumb ideas that I've got."
Belt fed potato cannon? Done. Saw blade launcher? Done. Banana gun? Done. Robot knife thrower? Done. Rocket powered shoes? Done. You get the idea.
It is clever and a little crazy without being outright dumb or stupid clickbait.
The channel has over 205,000 subscribers. A few videos have gotten over a million views but most are in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Posting is about once a month(ish). I don't get the sense that this is a full time job.
I may have posted it on the blog before, but my favorite is the belt fed potato cannon video.
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Pittsburgh Scanner
The Pittsburgh police scanner is an internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!
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Old school Sammy Hagar for the big ONT finish:
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Public service reminder: the left lane is for passing, not cruising. If you are driving in the left lane with a line of cars stacked behind you, you're doing it wrong. Sammy would agree. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly sorted and processed. Are you lurking ????
You can't fool me, this is a Muppet. That's how every larger-sized Muppet's arms move.
Wolves eat each other's faces out of love. This may be slightly alarming for humans.
Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
The Batman effect.
A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%).
[Francesco Pagnini et al.,"Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect", Nature, 2025]
Be Batman, people. #BeBatman.
A kestrel hovering. Well not really hovering. Just flying at the same speed as the wind, but in the opposite direction, so that it remains over the same point.
A python could totally climb the rope in gym class.
Tigers live in lush tropical jungles with lots of wide rivers. They can have territories as large as 100 square km and being able to swim across rivers is a big evolutionary advantage
The U.S. can deport the leader of a large mosque in Wisconsin on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled on Wednesday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Salah Sarsour, an outspoken supporter of Palestine, in March. Sarsour alleged the federal government was targeting him for speaking out against Israel and advocating for Palestinian rights. In June, a federal judge agreed and ordered Sarsour released, the Associated Press reported.
Sasour was born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was imprisoned in Israel in 1988 after confessing to throwing a Molotov cocktail and stones at Israeli military personnel. He was also convicted in 1995 of attempting to possess weapons.
He denies committing the crimes, and his attorneys allege he was tortured into confessing to them.
Government attorneys argue that Sarsour's convictions in Israel, along with allegations he lied on his green card application, make him a threat to national security.
Florida designates CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist groups.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration voted Tuesday to designate the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and approximately 90 other groups as domestic terrorist groups.
A 427-page document that accompanied the vote claimed "there is substantial evidence that CAIR is engaging in terrorist activity" and accused the group of having connections to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The vote comes after Texas and Florida labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations last year, which forbids both organizations and their affiliates from purchasing or acquiring land in the states and allows increased enforcement against the groups.
Florida on Tuesday expanded the designation to include the domestic terrorist group label and also labeled al-Qaeda, the Houthis and the Continuity Irish Republican Army as foreign terrorist organizations.
Florida also now considers Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, two Mexican drug cartels and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as foreign terrorist organizations, according to CBS News.
CAIR has since sued the state over the designation, accusing DeSantis of violating the First Amendment and the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
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The designations will take effect Nov. 5, if no court strikes them down first.
That's the snag, isn't it?
This is how you do it: An entitled and violent asylum seeker (aren't they all) starts causing "chaos" at a Japanese airport and is deported that same day.
If you remember, Mamdani sent out demands to everyone who owned a home valued at $1 million or more, despite his confiscatory tax only applying to homes valued at $5 million or more. He also sent these demands to people whose NYC homes are their primary homes, not secondary residences or pied-a-terres.
His intent was maximum intimidation. He's a communist like Hasan Piker who wants "capitalist blood running in the streets."
The judge did not block his tax itself, but he demanded Mamdani stop and re-do his intimidating demands sent out to everyone with a pricey apartment.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans to charge wealthy out-of-towners with a new tax were dealt a blow on Tuesday after a state judge ordered the administration to redo its rollout.
The ruling by state Supreme Court judge Wayne M. Ozzi sided with a group of homeowners who claimed the tax unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state property owners, impedes interstate commerce and retroactively creates tax liabilities for co-op boards because of actions by their shareholders.
In the ruling, Ozzi said "homeowners are being substantially harmed and penalized needlessly" by the city's new tax on second homes in New York City valued at more than $5 million.
He ordered the administration to remove the current list of property owners to whom the tax won't apply and replace it with one listing only those who will be subject to the tax.
The wack-a-doo communist BLM revolutionary running as the Democrat for the open Florida senate seat raised money for a supposedly BLM cause and then, get this, no seriously you'll never believe this, can't account for where the money went.
Hard to believe, right? Must be racism.
A charity controlled by Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon raised more than $270,000 in 2024, tax-exempt funds that Nixon said she would use to support Cafe Resistance, the black power-themed bookstore and coffee shop she was launching in Jacksonville. But when Nixon opened the shop that same year, she placed it under the control of her for-profit LLC, and whatever became of the charitable fortune she raised in 2024 is now a mystery.
I think I can solve this mystery. The money went were all BLM "charity fundraising" money goes.
The IRS deadline for Nixon to report what she did with the money she raised in 2024 expired nearly a year ago. A Florida state disclosure she did make said she spent the majority of her charity's haul, $214,000, on "other."
I spent 83% of the charitable tax-free money I raised on "other," your honor.
I blow through a lot of "other" in a month.
And ever since Nixon opened Cafe Resistance--a squat, cinderblock building in a downtrodden part of town that appeared, to a Washington Free Beacon reporter on multiple visits, to operate on a shoestring--her personal income has skyrocketed. This has led legal and tax experts consulted by the Free Beacon to question whether the Florida Democratic Socialist could be exploiting her charity to funnel funds to her personal LLC in violation of nonprofit laws.
Can I answer?
Unanswered questions include how much of the $270,000 raised in 2024 Nixon actually spent on charitable endeavors at her ramshackle bookstore, and how she is spending the charitable donations she continues to raise for race-related "programming" at her store, such as black history classes and the distribution of free contraceptives. Nixon should have answered these questions nearly a year ago on a Form 990 tax return with the IRS by November of 2025, which would have offered a full accounting of her charity's activities in the 2024 calendar year, but she never did.
The Free Beacon contacted Nixon and her campaign on September 25 with a lengthy list of questions related to her charity and LLC, both of which she named the Moxie Group. Nixon did not respond to the inquiry; however, that same day, the Florida Department of State dissolved the Moxie charity as a business entity, and by the afternoon of Sept. 26, the charity--which allegedly "works to empower and uplift underserved and underrepresented communities," according to Nixon's charitable solicitations--had shut down its online fundraising portal, which had been active and soliciting tax-exempt funds the previous day. The Moxie charity's solicitation license in Florida expired January 28, and the Florida Department of Agriculture is now reviewing whether the charity solicited contributions while unregistered, said Aaron Keller, the department's communications director.
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"If the IRS were to determine she is benefiting personally from the charity, its exemption could be revoked and she may have personal tax liability," Sternal added.
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The separation between Nixon's charity and LLC in the operation of her Cafe Resistance bookstore has often been nonexistent. The email address her charity uses in its disclosures to the Florida Department of Agriculture, for example, is the same email address the bookstore uses to solicit bookings for birthday parties and private events, the revenue from which Nixon's for-profit LLC presumably collects.
Nixon's charity and LLC are both corporations, and corporations are generally prohibited from providing event space to political campaigns for free, unless they have a practice of regularly providing their spaces to outside groups for free, according to the Federal Election Commission.
I know some of you are suspicious that she launched a fake charity just to line her own pockets. I'm sorry that you are such Huge Racists. Anti-racists avoid the truth at all costs and deploy socially-promoted lies.
"Genius" prosecutor who was trying to put the current President in prison all of a sudden can't answer basic questions about his investigation or his methods. pic.twitter.com/rINqd10vlZ
🚨 NOW: AG Todd Blanche just caught activist judges in Minnesota improperly running to the New York Times and fake news to TRASH ICE enforcement during ongoing cases -- and he's filing judicial misconduct complaints with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
"ALL BUT ONE" judge in the District of Minnesota.
Absolutely unbelievable! They should all be IMPEACHED!
"These judges talk to the media or at least to the New York Times about cases some of which are ongoing in a matter that the Department views as a clear violation of their ethical duties."
"Specifically, the former Chief Judge spoke on the record to the New York Times about the immigration surge late last year and early this year in Minneapolis."
We have a SERIOUS rogue judge problem in the US.
It's time for the House to fire up impeachments. Clean house, end the judicial coup and keep deporting!
CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them. pic.twitter.com/3SZselDAbq
Large swaths of corporate media exist at this point primarily to propagandize and radicalize subsets of the population into supporting the liquidation of national sovereignty. Willfully omitted by the CNN propagandists is that these are minors who cartels have recently tried to smuggle across the Southwest Border but who were rescued by Border Patrol. These minors will now be safely and humanely reunited with their families by dedicated public servants who have devoted their lives to combatting child trafficking. It is because of the efforts of these public servants that there is no longer a raging UAC ("unaccompanied alien child") catastrophe -- the Trump Administration swiftly, urgently and righteously ended the child trafficking nightmare.
Between ten to twenty thousand children a MONTH were successfully smuggled by cartels into the US under Biden, who worked with taxpayer NGOs to deliver the smuggled children to unknown adults in the US, whereupon they disappeared. The NGOs then submitted knowingly fraudulent asylum claims to try to keep the children from ever going home or seeing their families again.
These same Democrat-NGO networks for cartels were also ruthlessly exploited by TDA and MS-13 to insert gang members into the United States and violent criminals into our high schools (automatically allowed in merely by claiming to be 17), subjecting innocent American children to unspeakable horrors.
It was one of the darkest of many dark chapters of the Biden era. The Trump Administration put the child traffickers out of business and CNN considers this a great tragedy to be urgently reversed. New depths of "journalistic" depravity and immortality.
The left-wing media immediately trumpets the claims of far-left open borders organizations, but meanwhile cannot trust the word of "far-right" Israeli politicians about the terrorist attempt to crash the plane they were are.
After all, he might have just had a "mental health issue." He may have just been attempting suicide.
Suicide, with 150+ unwilling co-participants.
According to The New York Times, hijacking a plane full of people of a very specific identity and trying to crash it into the ground is not necessarily terrorism, and it can be chalked up to a mental health issue.
NY Times is now in FULL damage control mode after they were called out for referring to the stabbing of an airplane captain and an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot as an "altercation."
Their excuse is that they aren't "activists and partisans."
Pathetic
LOL. They sure are quick to trumpet all of the nonsense claims of Democrats, open borders NGOs, and Hamas.
But here, they're taking a cautious approach because they're not "activists and partisans."
I keep hearing about young women who reinterpret past sexual experiences as nonconsensual. I think they’re treating the discomfort they feel about the experience as evidence something was done wrong to them.
Something was done wrong to you, by you. That feeling is called regret. https://t.co/MgfVDmtwDc
Nearly one thousand Roman silver denari found in woods near Cologne, Germany, probably deliberately buried in 125 AD It's about seven pounds of ancient silver. Alas, it's not an artifact of the massacre of the XIXth Legion at Teutonburg Forest, which is about a hundred and fifthy miles away.
Podcast: Vote Early...Vote Often! Oil exports are returning to normal, Trump relaxes CAFE standards, ChiComs fund AI backlash, the descendants of our business titans are anti-American, Boston is nuts, and more!
Podcast: CBD is solo and just checking in! Trump's UN speech is a success, the Last Ditch Bar in Western MA keeps their lunacy in the spotlight, and the White House plays hardball with the media and the judiciary...as it should!
Somebody should write a book about the greatest drinking stories of O'Toole, Burton, Harris, and Caine. One of my faves was Richard Harris went on a six week bender in the South of France without telling wifey. Upon return, she's screaming, and he simply replied "why didn't you pay the ransom"?
Podcast: Did the SCOTUS leftists slow-walk the USPS decision, Newsom's mendacious pledge not to run if Harris does, Canada's return to the trade negotiations, AI fear-mongering, The Goo Goo Dolls are adults, and more!
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click, Guitar Hero Edition Oh here it comes
That funny feeling again winding me up inside
Every time we touch
Hey I don't know
Oh, tell me where to begin cause I never ever
Felt so much
Okay, that was pretty easy. Here's one that's 3% harder. But still easy. Ooh, can you feel the static?
So many contacts being made
We've got up-front fanatics
Tearing down the barricade
To reach the stage
Can you feel the rage?
Podcast: Is the Iran situation reaching a steady state? The UK sides with the enemies of the West, Vance the Squish? France and Germany and their coming elections, Canada trade war is one-sided, and Clancy is evil incarnate!
Dear RNC; Go f*ck yourselves. I have gotten 56 texts in the last two weeks...all offensive and sneaky and all begging for money. At this point I would rather donate to AOC. [CBD]
